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Development of a productivity asessment toll for native spotted gum forest on private land based on estimates of forest growth on Crown land.

Lewis, T., Hogg, B., Osborne, D. and Swift, S. (2012) Development of a productivity asessment toll for native spotted gum forest on private land based on estimates of forest growth on Crown land. In: Australian Forest Growers Conference, October 2012, Gympie. (Unpublished)

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Reliable estimates of forest productivity are essential for improved predictions of timber yields for the private native spotted gum resource in southern Qld and northern NSW. The aim of this research was to estimate the potential productivity of native spotted gum forests on private land by making use of available inventory data collated from Qld and northern NSW for spotted gum forest on Crown land (i.e. state forests). We measured a range of site-related factors to determine their relative importance in predicting productivity of spotted gum forest. While measures such as stand height and height-diameter relationships are known to be useful predictors of productivity, we aimed to determine productivity for a site where this information was not available.
Through estimation of stand growth rates we developed a spotted gum productivity assessment tool (SPAT) for use by landholders and extension officers. We aimed to develop a tool to allow private landholders to see the benefits of maintaining their timber resource. This paper summarises the information used to develop the SPAT with a particular focus on forest growth relationships.

Item Type:Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Business groups:Horticulture and Forestry Science
Subjects:Forestry
Live Archive:08 Feb 2013 06:32
Last Modified:15 Nov 2022 04:11

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